About the Community Board

The Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board holds regular meetings that you’re welcome to attend. Anyone can ask to speak to the Community Board about a local issue, activity or project. 

The Community Board's main roles are to:

  • Represent and act as an advocate for the interests of our community.
  • Consider and report on all matters referred to us by the council, or any matter of interest to the board.
  • Maintain an overview of services provided by the council within the community.
  • Communicate with community organisations and special interest groups within the community

What's happening in the community

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Events

Local events

Thursday 19 June 2025 06:00 pm

Voices for tomorrow: Activating Future Generations Conversations

Thursday June 19th, 2025
6pm - 8pm
Smoke 'n' Barrel 616 Ferry Road, Woolston

Join us for a futures-focussed discussion with Cheryl Doig, otherwise known as the #futuresaunty, exploring how the UN Declaration for Future Generations has catalysed conversations across the world and what this means for Aotearoa.

Learn about how this connects to New Zealand and our local context in Christchurch. Delve into how we might take action to create a world where the wellbeing's of diverse current and future generations are all valued.

Thursday 19 June 2025 04:00 pm

Matariki Movie Madness

Bromley Community Centre

Join us for a celebration, with hangi, face painting and a movie all available!

Free event.

Saturday 21 June 2025 10:00 am to 02:00 pm

Linwood Waterway/Drain working session

We will be planting, removing pest weeds and collecting littered items.

Meet Tilford Street (next to walkway)

Tools and gloves provided.

Organised by local community groups and residents, endorsed by CCC

Saturday 28 June 2025 11:00 am

He Waka Tapu Matariki Whānau Day

Event: Matarki Whānau Day

Date: Sat, 28 Jun

Location: He Waka Tapu 161 Pages road.

Time: 11am - 2pm

Being a free community event and a very busy time of year there are often times where whānau register to these events and can't make it on the day. However, when we are putting down Hāngi or managing catering we need to set up a process to make it fair for whānau on the day. So that whānau do not miss out, and ensure that we don't have kai going to waste.

For more information click here

Videos

Watch our latest community board meeting video below. Browse our YouTube channel for more videos.

Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board 9 June 2025

WWTP Community Meeting

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Community Board Decisions

Decisions made at the 9 June 2025 Community Board Meeting

Every month the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board meets and makes decisions on behalf of the community. Our last meeting was on the 12 May 2025 and the following decisions were made.

The next Community Board meeting takes place on 7 July 2025 at 4:30pm in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board Room on the corner of Union and Beresford Streets.

Reports considered and decisions made

A summary of the reports that were considered (in the order taken) and the decisions made during this Community Board meeting follows. For the full detail, please see the minutes at the bottom of the page.

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00054 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Tree Planting in Arden Reserve Report.

2. Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Approves the planting of trees within Arden Park in alignment with the planting plan.

Celeste Donovan/Alex Hewison Carried


Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00055 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Pages Road near Breezes Road Timed Parking Restrictions Report.

2. Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Revokes any previous resolutions pertaining to traffic controls made pursuant to any bylaw to the extent that they are in conflict with the parking or stopping restrictions described in resolutions 4-6 below.

4. Approves that in accordance with Clause 7 of the Christchurch City Council Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2017, that the stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the north side of Pages Road, commencing at a point 60 metres west of its intersection with Breezes Road and extending in a west direction for a distance of 4 metres. This is detailed in Attachment A to the report on the meeting agenda (Plan TG150185).

5. Approves that the parking of all vehicles be restricted to a maximum period of 60 minutes, in accordance with Clause 8 of the Christchurch City Council Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2017 on the north side of Pages Road, commencing at a point 68 metres west of its intersection with Breezes Road and extending in a westward direction for a distance of 42 metres. This is detailed in Attachment A to the report on the meeting agenda (Plan TG150185).

6. Approves that in accordance with Clause 7 of the Christchurch City Council Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2017, that the stopping of vehicles be prohibited at any time on the west side of Breezes Road, commencing at a point 51 metres north of its intersection with Pages Road and extending in a north direction for a distance of 3 metres. This is detailed in Attachment A to the report on the meeting agenda (Plan TG150185).

7. Approves that these resolutions take effect when parking signage and/or road markings that evidence the restrictions described in this staff report are in place (or removed in the case of revocations).

Tim Baker/Kelly Barber Carried


Proposed amendment moved by Jo Zervos and seconded by Kelly Barber

4. Approves all kerb alignments, paths, islands, road surface treatments, traffic calming features and road markings on Marine Parade as detailed on plan(s) TP363103, sheet(s) 1, and 2, dated 13/05/2025, and attached to the Agenda report as Attachment A excluding the speed hump at the entrance to the ramp.

Following debate and the vote put to the meeting, the amendment was declared lost.

Jo Zervos/Kelly Barber Lost

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00056 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00056 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00058 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood 2024-25 Discretionary Response Fund Application - Burwood Park Tennis Club Incorporated Report.

2. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Approves a grant of $1,000 from its 2024/25 Discretionary Response Fund to Burwood Park Tennis Club Incorporated towards a new access gate.

Tim Baker/Greg Mitchell Carried

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00059 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board – Community Service and Youth Service Awards 2025 Report.

2. Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Confer Community Service Awards on the nominees listed on the Summary of Nominations 2025 (separately circulated).

4. Delegate authority to the Board Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson to accept any late applications received from other Community Boards.

5. Have the names of successful nominees released after the Board's Community Service Awards 2025 function. Names of unsuccessful nominees will be kept confidential.

Tim Baker/Greg Mitchell Carried

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Standing Orders Amendment - Notices of Motion Report.

2. Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Revokes Standing Order 22.1 and 19.3, and replaces it with the following wording, in order to amend the timeframe for a notice of motion to be delivered to the Chief Executive:

a. 22.1 Notice of intended motion to be in writing

Notice of intended motions must be in writing signed by the mover, stating the meeting at which it is proposed that the intended motion be considered, and must be delivered to the Chief Executive at least 10 clear working days before such meeting, or a shorter time at the discretion of the Chief Executive. [Notice of an intended motion can be sent via email and include the scanned electronic signature of the mover.]

Once the motion is received and accepted by the Chief Executive, he or she must give members notice in writing of the intended notice of motion at least 2 clear working days before the date of the meeting at which it will be considered.

b. 19.3 Requirement to give notice

A member must give notice to the Chief Executive at least 10 clear working days before the meeting, or a shorter time at the discretion of the Chief Executive, at which it is proposed to consider the motion. The notice is to be signed by not less than one third of the members including vacancies. Notice can be sent via email and include the scanned electronic signatures of members. If the notice of motion is lost, no similar notice of motion which is substantially the same in purpose and effect may be accepted within the next six months.

Jo Zervos/Celeste Donovan Carried

Alex Hewison requested that his abstention be recorded.

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00061 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receive the information in the 2025 SuperLocal Conference - Elected Members' Attendance Report.

2. Approve Jackie Simons attendance to the Local Government New Zealand conference in Christchurch from 16-17 July 2025.

Tim Baker/Celeste Donovan Carried

Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board 9 June 2025

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Raranga te Rawhiti - Weaving the East

Collaborating with local community groups and encouraging active participation in decision-making

Meet your community board

Each board is made up of councillors and community board members who are elected every three years in local body elections.

Paul McMahon

Chairperson

Community Board member for the Linwood Ward

021 184 1072
Paul.McMahon@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73023, Christchurch 8154

Jackie Simons

Deputy Chairperson

Community Board member for the Linwood Ward

027 4732795
Jackie.Simons@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73023, Christchurch 8154

Tim Baker

Community Board member for the Burwood Ward

027 727 6111
tim.baker1@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73023, Christchurch 8154

Kelly Barber

Kelly Barber

Councillor for Burwood Ward

021 086 76195
kelly.barber@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

Celeste Donovan

Celeste Donovan

Councillor for Coastal Ward

021 289 9880
celeste.donovan@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73016, Christchurch
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Alex Hewison

Community Board member for the Coastal Ward

027 277 9810
Alex.Hewison@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73023, Christchurch 8154

Yani Johanson

Yani Johanson

Councillor for Linwood Ward

021 799 321
yani.johanson@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

Greg Mitchell

Greg Mitchell

Community Board member for the Burwood Ward

027 302 3812
Greg.Mitchell@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73023, Christchurch 8154

Jo Zervos

Jo Zervos

Community Board member for the Coastal Ward

021 077 6604
Jo.Zervos@ccc.govt.nz
PO Box 73023, Christchurch 8154


Your local Community Governance Team

Chris Turner-Bullock Manager Community Governance 03 941 8233 christopher.turner@ccc.govt.nz
Cindy Sheppard Community Board Advisor 03 941 6547 cindy.sheppard@ccc.govt.nz
Emily Toase Community Development Advisor 03 941 5216 emily.toase@ccc.govt.nz
Sam Savage Community Development Advisor 03 941 6889 sam.savage@ccc.govt.nz
Rory Crawford Community Development Advisor 03 941 7069 rory.crawford@ccc.govt.nz
Jacqui Miller Community Recreation Advisor 03 941 5333 jacqui.miller@ccc.govt.nz
Tim Samson Support Officer 03 941 7988 timothy.samson@ccc.govt.nz